Also while we're on the subject of WWF vs. WCW (both before and during InVasion), back in 1998, GamePro's website did a popularity contest between WWF and WCW superstars, in a 32-man single-elimination bracket. Here's what happened, and a few tidbits for each match...
Round 1
Steve Austin beat Roddy Piper (Match never happened, but we did get to see Piper sell a Stunner or two later down the road)
DDP defeated Edge (Match later happened on Heat in 2001, where Edge won clean)
Kane defeated Randy Savage (Never happened for real)
HHH defeated Lex Luger (Somehow never happened)
The Rock defeated Raven (Never, although I'm sure Raven could have sold a Rock Bottom like a champ)
Bret Hart defeated Owen Hart (Duh)
Mankind defeated Booker T (Mick and Booker eventually fought in a 5-man match in 07, but jobbed to Cena)
Ultimate Warrior defeated Val Venis (Never happened)
Sting defeated D'Lo Brown (Did these two ever fight in TNA? Doubt it)
Ken Shamrock defeated Scott Hall (Did these two fight in TNA as well?)
Goldberg defeated Bart Gunn (lol)
Kevin Nash defeated Vader (Pretty sure this happened, but can't confirm. JaKyL?)
Shawn Michaels defeated Perry Saturn (Never happened)
Hollywood Hogan defeated X-Pac (Pretty sure this happened in some fashion too)
The Giant defeated Dan Severn (Gotta admit, this would have been awesome in Brawl for All)
Undertaker defeated Chris Jericho (Match finally happened 1-on-1 in 2009, ended in a no contest. Jericho eventually pinned Taker in an Elimination Chamber match in 2010)
Round 2
Austin beat DDP (Again, DDP sold a Stunner once, but the only time these two fought was in the InVasion main event)
Kane beat HHH (Obvious)
The Rock beat Bret Hart (Dream match, but was never meant to be)
Ultimate Warrior beat Mankind (Depending on the stipulation, this could be watchable)
Sting beat Ken Shamrock (One of my ideal matchups in 98, I was a huge Shamrock fan)
Goldberg beat Kevin Nash (At the time fans voted, this was a month before Goldberg's first loss to Nash)
HBK beat Hogan (The two finally fought at SummerSlam 2005 for the first and only time ever)
Undertaker beat The Giant (Of course this match would happen several times starting in 1999)
Round 3
Austin beat Kane (Again, duh)
The Rock beat Ultimate Warrior (Hey, The Rock beat Hogan, surely he'd have a shot here!)
Goldberg beat Sting (Surprising that Sting never went over Goldberg)
Undertaker defeated Shawn Michaels (HIAC 1997 = Top 3 ever)
Semifinals and Championship
Austin beat The Rock (One of the best rivalries WWF's ever had)
Goldberg beat Undertaker (One of the best matches to never happen)
Austin beat Goldberg with 85% of the final vote (Their only actions against each other was when Goldberg speared Austin a month before WM20, and of course the aftermath of Goldberg/Lesnar @ WM20)
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